The Catholic Diocese of Allentown

AN INVITATION FROM
THE BISHOP

Bringing home pieces of memory and history
Jun 17, 2013 - One hundred people waited for the doors to open at 10 a.m. at St. Francis of Assisi, Allentown June 8 for various reasons. Some f…
Send-Off Mass for diocesan teacher biking ‘Coast to Coast for Catholic Schools’
Jun 10, 2013 - The students of Notre Dame of Bethlehem School bade farewell June 7 to one of their teachers, who this summer will make her way a…
CYO track and field championships results
Jun 06, 2013 - Runners, high and long jumpers, and shot put and javelin throwers competed at the Allentown Diocesan Catholic Youth Organization …
‘Theology on Tap’ summer series kicks off at Allentown Brew Works
Jun 05, 2013 - With cheesesteaks, artichoke dip and burgers whizzing by him and even pausing his talk for a few seconds after spotting a young a…

Theologian thinks papal trip to Brazil critical for younger generations
Jun 11, 2013 - MIAMI (CNS) -- Look for strong turnout, robust media interest and unscripted moments when Jorge Mario Bergoglio mak…
Archbishops offer prayers after collapse of building in Philadelphia
Jun 07, 2013 - PHILADELPHIA (CNS) -- The collapse of two buildings in Philadelphia's center city June 5 that left six people dead …
Aim of new Chicago fundraising campaign to teach all 'who Christ is'
Jun 06, 2013 - CHICAGO (CNS) -- The Chicago Archdiocese's new "To Teach Who Christ Is" campaign is "well named" because it describ…
Tornado victims receiving 'overwhelming' outpouring of prayer, support
Jun 05, 2013 - OKLAHOMA CITY (CNS) -- As communities across central Oklahoma continued to recover from the "powerful and deadly to…

Pope: Don't pretend to be sinless; preaching Gospel demands humility
Jun 17, 2013 - VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- When boasting of having Jesus Christ as one's savior, people shouldn't pretend they aren't gui…
Wealth obscures power of God's word, free gift of salvation, pope says
Jun 11, 2013 - VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- A church that is rich and lacking in praise for the Lord is an old, lifeless church that neglec…
Pope nixes 'boring' practice of reading text to students, uses Q&A
Jun 10, 2013 - VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis ditched a 1,250-word prepared speech to students saying it would be "a tad borin…
The suffering deserve our prayers, not our analysis, pope says
Jun 05, 2013 - VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Those who suffer are brothers and sisters Catholics must pray for, not cases to be analyzed o…